The details are below, but in broad strokes: The MIT School of Engineering is home to eight academic departments, two institutes — and a HUGE collection of research laboratories, centers, co- and extracurricular programs, professional and interdepartmental education initiatives, and more.

Roughly half of all MIT students are enrolled in an engineering degree program. About a third of the Institute’s faculty are in the School, and their research accounts for 54 percent of MIT’s total annual sponsored projects.

Faculty 2020

Full Professors

266

Associate Professors with Tenure

44

Associate Professors without Tenure

29

Assistant Professors

51

Degrees Awarded 2018-19

Bachelor of Science

840

Master’s Degree

808

Doctoral Degree

362

Undergraduate Major Enrollment 2019-20

Women

1,132

International Students

219

Total Students

2,451

Graduate Enrollment 2019-20

Women

1,024

International Students

1,347

Total Students

3,276

Rankings

The MIT School of Engineering is generally ranked at the top of its field. U.S. News & World Report has given the top spot to MIT’s undergraduate engineering program since 1983. In the 2021 ranking of graduate programs, U.S. News placed aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering, chemical engineering, computer engineering, electrical/ electronic/communications engineering, materials engineering, and mechanical engineering in the number-one spot; also ranked were biomedical engineering/bioengineering (3), civil engineering (7), environmental/environmental health engineering (12), industrial/ manufacturing/systems engineering (6), and nuclear engineering (2). Our programs also also ranked highly in most international university rankings.

Financial Support

The MIT School of Engineering draws on a variety of agencies, foundations, and industries to provide financial support for its academic and research initiatives. The total volume of research expenditures in 2019 was $421,670,021.